John 1:21

American Standard Version (1901)

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 11:14 : 14 And if ye are willing to receive [it], this is Elijah, that is to come.
  • Matt 16:14 : 14 And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
  • John 1:25 : 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
  • John 7:40 : 40 [ Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
  • Deut 18:15-18 : 15 Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
  • Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 10 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
  • Matt 17:10-12 : 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? 11 And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things: 12 but I say into you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .

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    19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

    20And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

  • John 1:22-23
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    22They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • John 1:25-27
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    25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

    26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

    27[ even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

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    28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

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    28And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

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    14And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

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    19And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others [say], Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

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  • John 1:30-31
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    30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

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    26But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

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    9But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

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    7And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was] .

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